I'm going to guess that they are directors and/or trustees in various non-FIFA places. For example, not only is Greg Dyke the chairman of The FA, but he's chancellor of the University of York and Totenkopf...sorry, chairman of the BFI.
While most people in the West now rightly object to discrimination against gays this is only a recent development and I would actually be quite surprised if a majority of FIFA Members' countries openly supported gay rights. The UN is the place where we should be fighting for human rights not a sports governing body. Members are not going to object to an anti-discriminatory policies but they won't actually take it into account when voting.
This would be case normally bur FIFA keep bombarding us with TV adverts proclaiming football is for everybody. They should therefore follow that policy when handing out their tournaments instead of allowing them to go to countries with discriminatory policies and attitudes.
No, somehow this wasn't right. The Qatari Emir can replace the Prime Minister at a whim, can overrule any of his decisions and has total control of all affairs in the country. Having another family member in an advisory role doesn't make someone less of a dictator. He rules everything. Not sure about this? Qatar's official website confirms it! http://portal.www.gov.qa/wps/portal/about-qatar/theemir
Best news in football for some time, although of course that must be tempered with the thought that we have not seen who tales over in his place.
"After a general election, the appointment of a Prime Minister is the prerogative of the Sovereign"...whoops, wrong country: http://www.royal.gov.uk/MonarchUK/QueenandGovernment/QueenandPrimeMinister.aspx Since the Queen has the power to yay or nay who the Prime Minister is, that makes the UK a dictatorship...right?
No, it makes the UK a constitutional monarchy. You're well aware of this though, so I have no idea why you want me to point it out.
Incredible! I'll wait to see who the new FIFA president elected is but it's a huge start and a massive surprise to me at least. Fairplay to @NowsufferinginSpain and the others, they were right it seems and he has been forced out thanks to the US' investigations. Really hope we get to find out the real reason he left too, whatever it was it must've been big.
Being right about his going only gives me satisfaction in that he's finally going. Hopefully, along with most of his avaricious cronies.
So let me get this straight... You say that the Emir having the power to remove the Prime Minister - a power that, you conveniently forgot to mention, has NEVER been acted on by a single Emir - is an example of a dictatorship, yet when you're confronted with the fact that The Queen can overrule the electorate of the United Kingdom is she saw fit that's not an example of a dictatorship? Sorry, that's bullshit and you know it.
